Earth-handling machine.



No. 889,326. PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

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EARTH-HANDLIN G MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1908.

Application filed December 14, 1907. Serial No. 406,434.

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR L. NEIsLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indiana olis, in the countyof Marion and State of ndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Earth-Handling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of my present invention is'to providev amachine by means of which dirt, after being suitably loosened, (as by plowing) may be loaded onto a vehicle.

It consists in suitable means for shoveling, elevating and delivering the earth to various positions, as may be desired, and in various attachments by which the convenience and efficiency of the apparatus are increased, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, made a art hereof, and on which similar reference charactersindicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying my said invention as the same appears when in use in connection with an ordinary wagon; Fig. 2 a to or plan view of the machine in question, wit the delivery chute arranged. to discharge to one side thereof; Fig. 3 a side elevation of the machine, arranged as shown in Fig. 2 Fig. 4 a detail sectional view, on an enlarged scale, as seen when looking u wardly from the dotted line 4 4 in Fig. 2, -a s lifted position of some of the parts being. shown by means'of dotted lines ig. 5 a transverse sectional view as seen when looking in the direction indicated by the arrows from the dotted line 5 5 in Figs. 1 and 3; Fig. 6 9. Ian view similar in part to Fig. 2, but with the elevating devices re- 1 moved and auxiliary scraping and road-finishing devices added; Fig. 7 a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. i3, and Fig. 8 a detail View showing a means for connecting this machine to a vehicle.

Upon a main axle 21 I mount loosely two driving or traction wheels 22 and 23, and 'u on that' portion of said axle between sald wheels I mount, as by means of a suitable support or supports 31, a frame, the main members 32 and 33 of which extend lengthwise of the machine. Secured to the main frame bars 32 and 33 are tracks 34 and 35 over which the trucks of the loaded side of the main elevator run; and below, and carried by suitable supports attached-to said main frame bars, are other tracks 36 and 37 vator travels in operation, said shaft 42 being driven from the driving or traction wheel 23 through a sprocket wheel 45, a s rocket chain 46 and a sprocket wheel 47 on t e shaft 42. The sprocket wheel 45 and the traction wheel 23 are provided with suitable clutch faces on their hubs (see especially Fig. 2)-and said wheel 45 may be thrown into or out of engagement with said traction wheel 23, by

-means of a suitable clutch-lever 48, as will be readily understood.

The elevator itself is composed of suitable sprocket chains 51 having buckets 52 secured '0 over which the trucks of the idle side of the I ereto, and provided also with trucks 53' which pass over the tracks 34, 35, 36 and 37. These trucks 53 run idly over the drum 43, and pass thence onto the tracks, as is best shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

.At the upper end of the elevator I provide a guidingor delivery chute 61 by means of which the dirt as it is thrown from the elevator will beguided to the point in the vehicle desired. In Fig. 1 I have shown the free end of this delivery chute supported by means of a cord 62 to a mast 63, ca-rriedby-the elevator frame, said cord 62 passing over the sh'eave 64 and thence down to a position convenient to the driver of the vehicle, thus enabling said driver to manipulate the chute at will. The receiving end of said chute is supported on arms 66 or a bar 65 carried thereby n Fig. 1 this chute isshown as leading toward the front of the vehicle. In Fig. 2 it is shown as attached in a different manner, and leading off to, one side, so that vehicles can be loaded at the side of the apparatus, by this means, when desired. In eitherevent its inner end (nearest the elevator) is sup orted by suitable attachments, rom the arms 66 (which may be a prolongation of frame members 32 and 33 and other convenient adjacent parts'of the frame.

In order to lace the dirt on the elevator without hand abor I have provided suitable mechanically-operated shovels 71, which are arranged at a proper oint behind the rear and lower end of said e cvator. These shovas shown,

elsare mounted on a crank shaft 72, and their handles 73 are connected by means of rods 7 4 with a suitable support on the frame of the-machine. For convenience I have utilized the shaft 75 as such sup ort. The shaft 72 has a sprocket wheel 76 'rom which a sprocket chain 77 runs to the corresponding sprocket wheel 78 on the shaft 75. This shaft 75 is designed to be driven from the driving or traction wheel 22. This wheel is therefore shown as provided with a spur gear wheel or rim 81, which is adapted to mesh with and drive a smaller s ur gear wheel 82 on the same shaft 75 whic carries the s rocket wheel 78. The speed of the shove s therefore considerably exceeds'that of the wheels 22 and 23. These gear wheels 81 and 82 are adapted to be thrown out of engagement by means of a cam lever 83 pivotally mounted on the frame of the machine at 84and adapted to be 0 erated through a link 85 by a suitable hand ever 86. The movement is indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 4, where the wheel 82 is thus shown as thrown upl to a point out of engagement with the W eel 81.

This machine, as before indicated, is intended to be used in loading earth onto wagons, thus dispensing with the slow and laborious hand shoveling by which such work is usually performed. In its use (as, for example, in the making of roads) the earth is first plowed up into a loose condition, as is common. The a paratus, generally assembled and arrangedhas shown in Fig. 1, is then driven over the lowed and loosened earth. The shovels 71, riven at considerable speed, throw the earth u onto the elevator, by which it is conveye to the desiredelevation, and there delivered into the wagon body. The chute 61 is used in cases where it is desired to direct the delivery to a point-not immediately under or closely ad acent to the discharge end of the elevator. Inthis arrangement the shovel and elevating apparatus is shown as connected to the rear axle tree with the wagon by draw rods 91 (see Figs. 1 and 8) which extend from a clip 92 (encircling the wagon-axle) back to a bar 93 which is carried from the elevator frame and from the traction wheel axle by su ports, as 94 and 95. In other cases the macliine may be drawn by means of a double-tree 96 connected to the bar 93, as by clevis 97, and extending out to points sufiiciently far to carry swingle-trees 98, to which the draft animals 7,

may be immediately attached.

In road making, after the greater portion of the dirt has been removed, it is desirable to level and formthe roadway on the final passage of the apparatus over it. For this purpose I have provided a scraper and gatherer, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. This consists of a suitable scraping bar or plate, preferably composed of a central straight portion 101 extendingsquarely across the center of thev roadway and inclined scraping and gath-' ering wings 102 extending outwardly and forwardly therefrom. This is attached to the apparatus by draft r'ods 103 and support ing bars 104, and is also supported in the proper relation to the surface upon which it is operated by trucks or caster-wheels 105 carried'on swiveling stems 106 mounted in brackets 107 By this attachment the roadway can be left in a substantially finished condition, ready for rolling, and the application of the surface coat or paving.

, Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in an earth handling machine, of a supporting shaft, traction driving wheels mounted on the ends of said shaft, acarrier frame mounted on said shaft between said wheels, driving means connected with one of the traction driving wheels for driving said carrier, means for throwing said driving means into and out of engagement with saiddriving wheel, loading devices for throwing the material on to the carrier, means connected with the other traction driving wheel for operating said loading means, and means for throwing said operating means into and out of engagement with said driving wheel.

2. The combination, in an earth handling machine, of a main axle, traction driving wheels mounted on the ends of said axle, a carrier frame mounted on said axle between said driving wheels, shafts mounted on said frame near its ends, wheels on said shaft upon which an endless carrier is directly mounted, tracks on the carrier frame intermediate said wheels, and an endless carrier having anti-friction trucks mounted upon and passing over said wheels and said tracks.

3. The combination, in an earth handling machine, with an endless carrier, of means for delivering material to said carrier consisting of shovels pivotally mounted on a crank shaft, stay rods for holding the shovels from com lete revolution on said crank shafts, an means for revolving said crank shaft and thereby giving said shovels a re-' ciprocating movement.

4.' The combination, in an earth handling machine, of a main axle, traction driving wheels mounted on the ends of said axle, an endless carrier also mounted on said axle, means actuated by one of said traction driving wheels for driving said endless carrier, shoveling devices mounted on said machine in proximity to the receiving end of said carrier, and an o erative driving connection between said s oveling devices and the ,other of said traction driving Wheels.

5. The combination, in an earth handling machine, of an endless carrier, means for driving the same, devices for throwmg'the material onto said carrier, means for operating the same mechanically, and a scraping and leveling attachment arranged in proximity to said material-throwing devices.

6. Thecombination, in an earth handling machine, of an endless carrier, suitable transporting and driving means upon which the same is mounted, devices for throwing the 'material onto said carrier, a driving traction Wheel each for said carrier'and said material- 'throwing devices, operative connections be- 7. The combination, inan earth handling machine, with the carrier, means for driving the same, material-handling devices for throwing the material onto the carrier, means for drivlng the same, an adjustable chute arranged" in proximit to the deliver end of the carrier for receiving and gui g the material as it comes therefrom to the desired point of delivery, and means whereby said chute may be adjusted to deliver in any desired direction.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto st m hand-and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this eleventh day of December, A. D. one thousand nine hundred .and seven.

"OSCAR L. NEISLER. L 8.] Witnesses:

CHESTER BRADFORD, THOMAS W. MCMEANS. 

